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Author Archives: Dr. Matthew Lee Smith
Hope For Today – Enjoying God’s Defense!
All too often we forget that God loves us so much that He longs to defend us … that He’s willing to fight our battles! He is a good Father. He sees those who are arrayed against us. He hears … Continue reading
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Hope For Today – Appreciating God’s Vindication!
Reality. It’s hard to find it when we come to a Church or a Bible message these days. There’s a lot of, “God loves you” – which is so, so true! But, what about the evil all around us? What … Continue reading
Hope For Today – Praising God’s Incredible Protection!
Everyone loves to win! At our church, when we fellowship on Friday or Sunday nights, someone often brings out the chess board or the Monopoly game – or both! Of course, in every game there will be a winner … Continue reading
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Tagged action, anger, attack, avenged, avenger, Bible, birthright, bullied, champion, chess, child, church, enemies, enemy, eternal, eternity, experience, faithful love, fellowship, God, guidance, hope, hurt, Job, Leadership, life, Lord, loser, losing, love, marriage, mistreated, monopoly, oain, parent, praise, protection, protector, proud, seek, suffer, surrender, threatened, Trust, victories, victory, win, winner, wrong
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Hope For Today – Walking Securely In God’s Faithful Love!
Editor’s Note: Yes, we are behind in posting these … you can imagine the wedding, honeymoon, and an “iffy” internet here in Uganda. We are now catching up! Thanks for the prayers for us! Before I drive away I put my … Continue reading
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Tagged accidents, death, destination, easier, easy, faithful love, focus, God, GPS, guidance, guide, Holy Spirit, Israel, Jesus, knowledge, LA, Leadership, life, Lord, love, marriage, relationship, route, traffic, Trust
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Hope for Today – Rejoicing In God’s Presence!
Editor’s Note: This was delayed to be posted because of the wedding preparations and an “iffy” internet connection (was supposed to be up on August 11, 2019). Please accept our apologies. Thank you! Have you noticed how many people today are … Continue reading
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Tagged anger, angry, attitude, blessing, cold shoulder, control, direction, faith, faithful, God, guidance, happiness, happy, Holy Spirit, Israel, joy, love, mercy, money, Moses, Nile, power, prayer, promise, requests, River Cruise, road rage, selfishness, support
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Hope For Today – Marveling At God’s Generosity!
So many people today are struggling … trying to make ends meet, trying to rekindle a dying love, trying to rebuild a fractured faith, trying to put life back together after the death of their soul mate, trying … <PAUSE> … Continue reading
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Tagged course, cry out, death, Despair, direction, disconnection, esteem, faith, finances, generosity, Gift, goals, God, Grief, help, hope, Jesus, life, love, need, peace, people, praise, presence, presense, reputation, rescue, save, soul mate, spirit, struggle
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Hope For Today – Walking in Life and Long Days!
One of the things we see in the United States more and more is that we are living longer … well, many of us are anyway. However, it seems like most of those people are growing older, not living a long, … Continue reading
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Tagged Aging, Bible, full of life, God, growing older, health, long life, longevity, old age, quality, strength, vitality, widow, widower
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Hope For Today – Enjoying Our Heart’s Desires!
When was the last time you saw a person consistently joyful? Seriously, when was that? So many people struggle through each day, trying to get what they cannot have … their heart’s desires! I’m Dr. Matthew Lee Smith and I … Continue reading
Hope For Today – Celebrating God’s Saving Strength!
Trouble! We all have it, most of the time. Whether it’s the traffic on our commute, the wash machine we need right now, the child that won’t listen or the family … remember the 4thof July? … or the family, … Continue reading
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Tagged 4th of July, boss, bulls, celebrate, disaster, distractions, fixate, focus, happy, lyrics, praise song, problems, save, supernatural, trafic, trouble, unhappy, vanquish
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